Episode 12 Celebrity Eggheads

These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.

Together, they make up the Eggheads,

arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.

The question is, can they be beaten?

Welcome to a special celebrity edition of Eggheads,

the show where a team of five quiz challengers pit their wits

against possibly the greatest quiz team in Britain.

They are the Eggheads.

-Are you ready for this, Eggheads?

-Absolutely!

-All right.

Hoping to crack up the Eggheads today are...

Now, everyone on this team is a stand-up comedian

and, in honour of their comedy credentials,

I thought I would start proceedings

with a joke, so, Judith, who wrote the book Great Egg-spectations?

What's funny about that?

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-Do you know the answer?

-Charles Dickens.

-No, Charles Chickens.

-Oh!

-LAUGHTER

Oh, dear. Let's meet the Challengers.

My name is Gary Delaney and I'm a lot sportier than I might look.

In fact, I picked up a little niggle at the gym the other day.

I mean, he pronounces it "Nigel".

Hello, I'm Rob Deering, I'm a musical comedian,

a keen quizzer and a marathon runner

and I'm hoping that at least one of those will come in handy today.

Hi, I am Mae Martin, I'm a Canadian comedian

and I've been told that my head looks exactly like a kernel of corn.

Hi, I'm Des Clarke, I do breakfast radio,

so this is way past my bedtime.

I also grew up in Glasgow with the name Desmond

so I get my sense of humour from my parents.

Hi, I'm Marlon Davis. I finally moved out of my mum's house.

I now live with my dad.

-So, Gary and team, hello. ALL:

-Hello.

Great to see you all.

And, Gary, this is kind of exciting, different territory,

-I'm guessing, for you.

-Oh, this is very exciting,

especially having to come up with real answers,

rather than come up with something stupid.

-Yeah.

-I think it should be fun. But, you know, we can do this.

-Rob, you love to quiz, don't you?

-I do, I do indeed.

-Yes.

I've seen your quizzing credentials, Mastermind and whatnot.

Yeah, Weakest Link, Popmaster I've done, yeah, all the good stuff.

So, have you got some idea of the form here, Rob?

Who's good at what and all that?

Yeah, well, we've all looked into them, but the trouble is,

the working rule of thumb with the Eggheads

is that they know everything.

There's no real weaknesses to get a toehold on.

But if there are any, we'll abuse them.

OK, you've got to just exploit the gaps in the knowledge.

They are there, they just need finding.

Mae, as a Canadian, is this new territory?

No, my whole family is obsessed with Eggheads.

Yeah, and I've been here seven years,

I've watched it every day, I'm obsessed.

It's the only time my parents have ever been proud of me

is when I told them I was doing this.

-I can barely look at the Eggheads, I'm so starstruck.

-OK.

-Yeah.

Des, what about you? Strengths and weaknesses.

Well, the first weakness is seeing the Eggheads

cos they look like the toughest front row

of any gig that I've ever been at.

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I don't know if being Scottish is a strength or a weakness.

I'm just glad this is the one... As a Scottish football fan,

this is the one international competition

that I've qualified to play for.

But on that, I think sport might be a strength of mine,

but everything else may well be a weakness.

-Marlon, are you a quizzer?

-Yes. I've just answered that question!

I can't give you a point for that but it's a good answer.

Do you watch or do you take part?

I do watch this and my family watch this as well.

My auntie loves this show.

And she found out that I was coming on

and she said one thing to me, "Don't embarrass me."

But I'm looking forward to this,

and I just want to say to all of the guys sat there -

you're going down.

Oh, you tell them! That's what we need.

Let's see what you can do, comedians. I'm excited by this.

Every day there is £1,000 worth of cash up for grabs

for our Challengers' chosen charity.

However, if they fail to defeat the Eggheads,

the prize money rolls over to our next show.

So the Eggheads have won the last 11 games against the celebs. That's...

In a way, that's good news.

It means they are feeling very smug

and it also means the jackpot is very high.

-Wow!

-Hello!

Are you ready to start? "Hello"!

-Are you ready to start?

-Yes.

-Yeah. Let's break that duck.

Good. The first head-to-head battle is on the subject of Arts & Books.

So one of you, against either Judith, Kevin, Beth, Barry or Dave.

-I can't do Arts & Books.

-What do we think? Who is strong on that?

-I can do it. I'll do it.

-Mae? You're strong on this?

-I'll do it.

-OK.

I don't want to go out first round, but I can try.

-I like that confidence.

-I've read all the Harry Potter books.

Do you know what? They come up more often than you'd expect,

and Dave had a horrible moment with Harry Potter.

-So, Mae, who would you like to take on?

-I'm a big Judith fan.

-I'd like to take on Judith.

-Great, you watch the show. This is good.

Mae from You Must Be Yolking versus Judith from the Eggheads.

And just to ensure there's no conferring,

would you please take your positions in our legendary Question Room?

-Mae, good luck here on Arts & Books.

-Thanks, Jeremy.

So, from Canada, do you find you connect with Canadians at gigs?

Do you shout out to Canadians?

Yeah, occasionally.

Often people turn up from my old high school

or old friends of my parents and things.

It's a massive country, but it seems like I know everyone from Canada.

You do talk about your mother a bit

and she must be like a lot of people's mothers -

-she's always ringing you up and worrying about stuff.

-Yeah.

She's a highly strung... She feels everything very intensely, my mum.

-OK.

-She's very worried about me being here.

-Oh, is she? Right.

Yeah, on Eggheads.

Has she got a way of seeing it in Canada, I'm just thinking?

I don't know. I'm going to have to send her...

-I'll just tell her I won.

-Yeah, exactly.

-Yeah.

So we'll be shouting out to Mae's mum here,

if you're watching it in Canada, here we go.

Arts & Books, Mae, against the very great Judith

who won, of course the £1 million on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

and is, I think, still the only woman to have that, Judith.

-Yes.

-Would you like to go first or second, Mae?

I would like to go second, please, Jeremy, thank you.

So, Judith has the first question and here it is.

Which Hollywood star's 2012 autobiography

is called Total Recall - My Unbelievably True Life Story?

I have no idea.

There's obviously an allusion there which I'm going to miss again.

Erm...

Bruce Willis.

-I'm really sorry, you've missed the allusion here as well.

-I knew it!

Missing allusions seems to be a hobby of yours.

But we know you are a great quizzer.

Total Recall is the film that Arnold Schwarzenegger was in.

Oh, well, I knew it was a film

and I simply could not remember who was in it.

Yeah, and it's easy to get them all confused.

Arnold Schwarzenegger is the right answer, Judith.

-OK, Mae, this has started well, your mum is now relaxing.

-Yes. Yes.

Here we go with your question.

The gamekeeper Oliver Mellors is a character

in which controversial novel?

A gamekeeper seems like it would be from Lady Chatterley's Lover era

and that was a controversial novel.

Didn't somebody say in the court case,

"It isn't the kind of book you'd want your wife or servants reading"?

Yup. I'm going to go with Lady Chatterley's Lover, please.

Brilliant. You're right on every count - Lady Chatterley's Lover.

Do you know who wrote it?

Erm, yeah, but I'm not going to tell you!

I can't remember. No, well, Judith, you say.

-DH Lawrence.

-Of course.

DH Lawrence, all right. Game on, here. The comedians are ahead.

So, Judith.

"The play's the thing

"wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King"

is a famous line from which Shakespeare play?

It is from Hamlet.

It is indeed from Hamlet. Hamlet is right.

OK, Mae, level, but you've got a question in hand here.

The novels of which English writer who died in 2000

are reputed to have sold in excess of one billion copies?

I think Agatha Christie died earlier than that, I think.

Erm, I'm going to go down the middle.

I'm going to guess Barbara Cartland.

And do you know what kind of stuff she writes, out of interest?

Erm, erotica. No, I don't know, I really don't know!

It's not far... It's Mills and Boon, romanticy,

lovely swirly colours, hearts, pink champagne.

Barbara Cartland is quite right.

-Oh, really?

-Yeah, really! Well done.

One billion, that's amazing.

This is really exciting now,

cos you've got two and Judith has got one

and, Judith, if you get this wrong, you'll be knocked out.

I know.

Who wrote the trilogy of novels

known collectively as Lark Rise To Candleford?

Erm, I think I do know that.

That's Flora Thompson.

It is Flora Thompson.

OK, Judith may be getting into her stride, Mae.

Get this right and you're through.

Tete Raphaelesque Eclatee, or Exploding Raphaelesque Head,

is a 1951 painting by which artist?

Erm...

I don't think it's Paul Klee.

I think I'm going to go Mondrian.

-Who's French, maybe? I don't know.

-Mmm, yeah.

Well, lots of lines in Mondrian. Do any Eggheads know this?

-What, the answer?

-Yeah, the answer.

-Dali.

-Salvador Dali is the answer.

-OK.

-So, equal after three questions, we go to Sudden Death.

We start with you, Judith.

We don't have alternative options.

Dolores Claiborne, published in 1992,

is a novel by which American writer, best-known for his horror stories?

Oh, gosh, Dolores Claiborne. Erm...

My mind has gone completely blank.

I think... Wasn't there a film of it? I think I saw a film of it.

Erm, Stephen King. I don't know.

-What is your answer?

-Stephen King.

-Stephen King is correct.

-Oh, phew!

Ah, that's awkward.

-So, you need to get this right, Mae.

-Yeah.

Michelangelo's fresco painting The Creation Of Adam

can be found in which building?

It's in...

In the Vatican, isn't it?

Does that count?

I think you've got to be more precise. Which building?

I've been there, I've seen it. Yeah...

It's...in that big cathedral.

Erm, I can't...

The cathedral, Vatican Cathedral.

Yeah, I'm just going to say the Vatican Cathedral.

Oh, no, Jeremy!

Ah, Mae! I can't believe it cos you've been in there

and you know it and I feel bad even saying it.

Vatican Cathedral I can't accept.

That's a whole group of buildings. Judith, do you know?

-The Sistine Chapel.

-Of course!

-The Sistine Chapel.

-Oh, no!

Mae, knocked out by the Sistine Chapel.

Yeah, no, fair enough, fair enough.

Sorry. Well done, Judith, you hung on in there.

You got through the incident with Arnold Schwarzenegger!

-Yes!

-Which we won't talk about.

Sorry, Mae, you're out, but early days.

Hey, I've had a great time in the legendary Question Room.

Well, don't worry, you're coming back

-and you can strategize with the team.

-OK.

All right, so return to us and we'll play the next round.

All right, a difficult start for You Must Be Yolking.

They've lost a brain from the final round.

The Eggheads have not lost any yet, I stress "yet".

And the next subject for you, comedians, is History.

So, who wants History?

I'll be mediocre on it.

-I can be mediocre on History.

-OK, Rob, is it?

-All right.

-I think you can do it.

-Don't go yet, don't go yet.

Choose an Egghead - it can't be Judith.

Who do you want to take on?

Who looks like they're unsighted on historical events?

-I can't...

-Pick the youngest person, they'll remember the least history!

-Take Beth!

-It's not a crazy suggestion.

-Yeah, no, that's what I'm going to do.

-All right.

-I'll take Beth, yeah.

So, Rob from You Must Be Yolking versus Beth from the Eggheads,

identified as the youngest. How about that?

-The day just got better.

-Well, yeah.

-Er, no, I see what you mean, yeah!

To ensure there is no conferring, please take...

I'd be insulted if you thought I was the eldest!

Please take your positions!

-Rob, you mentioned marathon running in your introduction.

-I did indeed.

And you love to do that?

Yeah, how does that happen? How do you get into that?

I'm doing two in the future

and that will take me up to, sort of, nine.

I know you do a podcast on it...

Yeah, me and another comedian, Paul Tonkinson,

we run and talk while we're running, which some people, again,

find ridiculous, but we do that, and it's a lot of fun.

That makes it sound like three times as difficult

as just running, actually.

I think humans are good at talking and running.

It's singing and laughing you can't do -

-that's when you choke and fall over.

-Well, when I see your comedy,

I always think you bring in the music,

so you have your pedals and your guitar and often singing,

and does that make it harder or easier?

Well, I think what you're showing, really, is that I'm fussy.

I'm a man who needs a hobby. You know what I mean?

I'm always running or doing a quiz or fiddling with my pedals.

I just can't sit down for ten minutes.

You are a quizzer, Rob. I know you'll deny it,

but you've been on Pointless Celebrities,

you've been on Mastermind. What was your special subject on Mastermind?

-Novels of Jane Austen.

-And did you get any questions wrong?

No, I did not.

And you've been on Weakest Link and here you are

and Fifteen To One as well, I think?

Yeah, I did Fifteen To One back when I was a civilian,

so that shows how keen I am.

Are you a quizzer because your mum and dad quizzed you

at the breakfast table, or...?

I think that in the Deering family,

we always did trivia instead of emotional interaction!

All right, here we go, Rob. History, good luck.

I know you're a quizzer, you're up against Beth -

do you want to go first or second?

I will go second, please.

OK, comedians going second.

Here we go then, Beth, your question.

Which of these countries was an integral part of the British Empire?

Wasn't it the jewel of the British Empire was India?

India's correct.

Rob, what is the historical wattle and daub?

Wattle and daub.

It's... The wattle is twigs and the daub is mud.

It's a building material.

Building material is the right answer, Rob, well done.

Comedians, he answered that with excessive conviction, I thought.

-That was great.

-I thought, "There's just no messing."

You don't need to show off that you know what it is.

Exactly, adding extra stuff in is very good

cos it discomforts the Eggheads.

All right, here is your question, Beth.

Who disguised himself as a woman

going by the name of Betty Burke after the Battle of Culloden?

This is where my Scots history falls down

and my grandparents would be both turning in their graves,

because they were both Scottish.

I'm about to get killed by my fellow Eggheads, aren't I?

I...

I know some...

I know one of them escaped into exile so I'll go with that one,

Bonnie Prince Charlie.

OK. Eggheads, is she right?

-Yes.

-OK, you're not going to kill her.

Bonnie Prince Charlie is right. You nearly had her there, Rob.

Here's your question.

The Golden Horde, also known as the Kipchak Khanate,

was a Western arm of which historical empire?

And so, Kipchak Khanate is two words both beginning with K.

K-I-P-C-H-A-K and then K-H-A-N-A-T-E.

The Kipchak Khanate.

I haven't got any information here. This will be a guess.

Erm, based on Kipchak Khanate...

-Kipchak Khanate?

-Kipchak Khanate.

Kipchak Khanate. Erm...

# Wallop, what a picture Kipchak Khanate... #

I think that it is the Mongol Empire.

Sounds like it could be one of your songs in your next act.

-Kipchak Khanate...

-Yeah, you could do that on the loop.

It'll really cross over,

cos loads of people know about Kipchak Khanate horde, don't they?

Let's check with the Eggheads.

-Eggheads?

-It was indeed, yeah.

The Mongol Empire is right. Well done, Rob. That was a big moment.

OK, Beth, your question.

The physician Galen was born in Pergamon in the second century,

studied in Greece and Alexandria,

but lived most of the later part of his life in which city?

I would like to say Rome, but then it could be...

No...

Yeah, I'm going to have to go with Rome.

Rome is right. Three out of three for Beth.

So, you need to get this one right, Rob.

The original capture from the Dutch of what is now New York

by the English took place during the rule of which British monarch?

I don't think it'll be Anne.

I'm not confident on this at all, but I'll go George, George I.

George I is the wrong answer.

HE GROANS

It's Charles II, Rob.

You've been knocked out by Beth. Ah!

-That's a blow.

-Sistine Chapel!

Ah, even shouting "Sistine Chapel" won't help!

Please come back to us, we'll play round three.

OK, You Must Be Yolking have now lost two from the final round.

The Eggheads, as it stands, will all be in the final.

Let's try and change that now, guys. The next subject is Film & TV.

Can we have a montage?

If this was a film and we weren't doing very well,

we'd have a montage now to music of us boning up on facts

and quickly learning things,

and then we'd come back with a knockout punch, so...

-Yeah?

-Can I just say as well, Rob is a genius on Film & TV.

Yes! I'll do this one! I can do this one, right?

I'll consult him as we go through it to see

whether he knows all the answers, don't worry.

-But someone's got to go in the booth. OK, Marlon.

-I can do this.

-All right.

-It was Marlon who laid down the gauntlet at the very start.

Now, which Eggheads do you want? It needs to be one of the guys here.

-It's got to be the one at the end. Dave!

-The one at the end.

-He's my nemesis, right there.

-I'm feeling it.

Marlon from You Must Be Yolking versus Dave from the Eggheads.

Please go to our Question Room now.

-Marlon, were you hoping for the Film & TV round?

-Of course.

-I've got this.

-Have you been targeting Dave from an early stage?

I have!

And this is what's happening right now, you're about to see it.

It's going to be spectacular.

-It's happening right here, right now?

-Right now.

So, I know you were crowned winner

of the FHM Search For A Stand-Up Hero,

going back a few years now, 2009.

I'm guessing that's kind of what started it all for you.

It did, it's opened up a lot of doors,

and I've been taking it from there.

I've just been travelling all around the world,

putting smiles on people's faces.

So hopefully I'm doing that right now in people's living rooms.

All right, they're cheering you on here.

Film & TV - Marlon, would you like to go first or second?

I'm going to go second.

Here we go, Dave. What is the profession of the character

played by Robin Williams in the 1989 film Dead Poets Society?

-He's a teacher.

-Teacher's correct.

MARLON EXHALES

-Marlon, don't worry, don't feel the pressure.

-I could have got that one!

I know you would have got it. Here's yours.

"Stick a pony in my pocket, I'll fetch the suitcase from the van"

are the opening lines from the theme tune to which TV comedy series?

It's not Only Fools And Horses, it's not The Office.

Mrs Brown's Boys?

Let me just check with Gary cos I think he knows.

-It's definitely Only Fools And Horses.

-It's Only Fools And Horses.

I know that one, that's Only Fools And Horses, I said!

Is it Only Fools And Horses?!

I'm going to go with Only Fools And Horses!

Help us out here, Gary, it's the one... It's rag and bone?

No, I'm thinking Steptoe And Son.

I'm getting a bit confused myself here.

HE HUMS THE ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES THEME

-That's it.

-You see, you didn't do it in Cockney.

That's it, I've got it now.

All right. Dave, your question.

In which film does Bela Lugosi famously say,

"Listen to them, children of the night - what music they make"?

I've got to go Dracula

because that's what I associate Bela Lugosi with.

Dracula is quite right. So, he's got two.

Marlon, you need to get this one right to stay in.

Which Shakespeare play was turned into a 2015 film

starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard?

So I'm thinking Macbeth.

And you've got Coriolanus, but I can't remember that as a film.

So I'm going to go with Macbeth.

Your team like that. Did we like that, team?

-Yes.

-Macbeth is correct.

-Of course it is, cos I knew that!

-Well done, Marlon!

-Well done.

-Thank you.

You're still in it, but Dave can end the round with this question.

Who replaced Nick Hewer as one of Alan Sugar's advisers

on the TV show The Apprentice in 2015?

It's not Peter Jones. It's not Mary Portas.

It's the brutal but excellent Claude Littner,

and he terrifies the apprentices

when he's going through the interviews in the final five,

but excellent TV viewing.

The answer is Claude Littner. You've got it right, Dave.

Oh, Marlon, sorry! He's done that thing, he's been an Egghead to you,

and you've been beaten and knocked out.

Come back to us. We've got one more round to play.

So, as it stands,

You Must Be Yolking have lost three from the final round.

Gary, any change of strategy now?

Yeah, we're going to answer the questions correctly!

That's our new plan.

OK, well the Eggheads are still all there

and have only had one answer wrong so far.

I'm not convinced any of them are all there, if we're being honest!

I think you're quite right there, Gary!

The next one for you is Music.

Is it music before 1994 when I graduated? In which case, yes.

-If it's after 1994, no.

-It can be both, to be honest.

It can be Mozart and it can also be Little Mix.

I think, as someone that hosts a breakfast show,

I should step up and take this one.

-Yeah, you've got to do it.

-Yeah, you've got this.

-Very good.

As someone who thinks The Shamen - Ebenezer Goode

is still number one, I definitely

-shouldn't be doing this one!

-I will take this.

So, Des from You Must Be Yolking,

also from Capital FM Scotland's Breakfast Show,

who do you want to take on?

You can have...

We've still got Kevin and we've still got Barry.

-Well...

-They're both good.

They're both very good, but I like the comedy of Barry!

That's the first time anybody's ever said that. We've thought it, though!

He looks like a jolly soul

and anyone that wears that shirt has a lot in common with every comedian.

Barry, is it a Magic Eye picture?

I'm trying to look at it long enough for it to turn into a dolphin!

He has a different one every day - that's what's amazing.

It's camouflage. In a rose bush, he's just a floating head!

Do you think it is a Magic Eye picture

and it's just a load of answers underneath?

He just has to unfocus.

I think we'll have fun, I'll take on Barry.

Very good, Des from You Must Be Yolking

takes on Barry from the Eggheads, in the shirt.

To ensure there's no conferring,

please, for the last time, take your positions.

So, we're taking a little bit of radio music knowledge

into this round, hopefully, Des.

Well, we hope so, yeah.

And if I get questions wrong here,

I will be ribbed on the radio for my lack of knowledge.

Tell me about the show.

It's Capital Breakfast Show, it airs across Scotland,

and it's what you'd expect.

Bit of chat, bit of music, we've got a lovely team.

Celeb interviews as well, the best of which I think so far

has been Andy Murray, because we managed to make Andy Murray laugh,

and people said it wasn't possible.

-AS ANDY MURRAY:

-Because I did my Andy Murray impression to him

and he was very happy that someone could recreate his voice

at the drop of a hat.

-That's brilliant!

-Really happy.

Yeah, cos he'd never heard someone do an impression of him

to him before, so I did it to him and he laughed a lot.

His brother Jamie and mum Judy laughed even more.

Were you actually visible to him when you were doing it

or was it down the line?

-It was face-to-face.

-Wow!

He was doing a big charity gig and he'd done an interview backstage

and I don't think he knew what he was in for.

I think he thought it was a serious one-to-one interview

about his career, and instead I just, sort of, talked to him...

-AS ANDY MURRAY:

-..in his own voice for about five minutes

and kind of freaked him out.

-But he was so good with it, such a lovely bloke.

-Brave of you to do it.

Of course, Scotland has, I guess, the best, you know,

culture show in the world, and the best place to go

and see comedy, which is the Edinburgh Fringe.

But I don't know if you're slightly jealous of that as a Glasgow man!

You've picked up on that. It's lovely.

Being from Glasgow, for many years,

we didn't really go to the Fringe as much,

even though it's only an hour away.

But now it's just such an important part of comedy.

It's like the World Cup of comedy

and it's nice to hang out with your mates and occasionally get a laugh.

OK, we're on Music, Des. Would you like to go first or second?

Do you know what? I'm going to go first. Let's go for it.

OK, here we go. Good luck, Des.

Which song from the 2013 film Frozen won an Oscar for original song?

Well, it was a big movie

and I think it's got to be the famous song Let It Go.

Let It Go is quite right.

And there was a great moment with John Travolta

at the Oscars where he had to introduce Idina Menzel.

It's my favourite moment ever.

I remember that and it came out as various different things.

I think she was Irene Pretzel by the end of it!

-Hang on, Mae was watching, what...

-I think it was Adele Dazeem.

-It was Adele Dazeem.

-It was the greatest moment of my life.

My wife laughed at that so much

that I now have her on my phone as Adele Dazeem.

If she calls, that's who flashes up! But you're absolutely right, Mae.

It's perfect.

He just kind of panicked, I think, or something, Des, did he?

Yeah, I mean, it happens in live situations. But it was just...

-It was bizarre.

-Absolutely brilliant.

The following day,

you could put your name into a Travolta name generator

on the internet, and find out what Travolta would have called you!

OK, Barry.

"In my imagination, there is no complication

"I dream about you all the time"

are lyrics from which Kylie Minogue song?

I think that's I Should Be So Lucky.

It is, I like the way you swayed in time to it.

-Well, I was singing it in my head!

-I Should Be So Lucky is right.

Des, which British male singer had a UK top-ten single in 2015

with Hold Back The River?

Hold Back The River is a great song

and this guy's a great singer-songwriter - it's James Bay.

You're right on every count. James Bay is correct.

I went to see him live - he was amazing.

In a lovely way, he's quite arrogant!

He was going like this, fanning himself, you know?

Has he not got anyone that fans himself for him?

No, he just was totally in control, he was brilliant.

-Yeah, I would agree with that.

-OK, Barry.

Which American composer, born in 1932,

wrote the film scores for Jaws, ET and Star Wars?

That would be John Williams.

It is John Williams.

So far, so good for you both.

Let's see if the third question separates you

and it goes to you first, Des.

Which British dance act,

whose members included Maxi Jazz and Sister Bliss,

had hits in the 1990s with God Is A DJ and Salva Mea?

Fantastic live act, these guys. I love them.

-Faithless.

-Brilliant. The questions have fallen well for you here.

Faithless is right. Well done, three out of three.

Maybe going first was the key here.

-Hope so!

-Are you going to knock out an Egghead here? Let's see.

Barry, to stay in,

in the original Broadway musical productions,

which actress created the roles of Rose in Gypsy

and Sally Adams in Call Me Madam?

Well, it wasn't Julie Andrews.

Rose in Gypsy and Sally Adams?

Now...

I think Ethel Merman predates those musicals.

So I'm going to go for Bernadette Peters.

Bernadette Peters is your answer. Let's see if the Challengers know.

-It's Ethel.

-We think Ethel Merman.

-You like Ethel.

Ethel's the answer, Barry, you've been knocked out!

Yes! Come on!

All right. Well done, Des.

You were absolutely without a hesitation there.

You've taken on Barry, you've knocked him out,

he won't be in the final, and if you both return to us,

we will play that final round for £12,000.

OK, this is what we have been playing towards.

It is time for the final round,

which, as always, is General Knowledge.

But I'm afraid those of you who lost your head-to-heads

won't be allowed to take part in this round,

so that is Rob and May and Marlon from You Must Be Yolking,

but also Barry from the Eggheads.

Would you please now leave the studio?

OK, so we've got here Gary and Des.

You're playing to win You Must Be Yolking £12,000.

Dave, Beth, Kevin and Judith,

you're playing for something that money can't buy -

you're playing for the Eggheads' shirt.

You are playing to keep this run going.

As usual, I will ask each team three questions in turn.

-They are all General Knowledge and you can confer.

-There we go.

Gary and Des, so talk about it, think about it, and, overall,

the question is, can your two brains defeat these four

in a massive victory for the comedians?

-We are the new Jedward, we've got this.

-Yeah, you've got it!

And if you win, then it's brilliant material for your acts,

no doubt about that. Gary and Des, do you want to go first or second?

-First seemed to work when you did it.

-Worked for me - let's do it again.

Let's put the pressure on them, make them crack. First.

OK, here we go, General Knowledge, Gary and Des, your first question.

With which neighbouring country does Argentina share its longest border?

I was going to say Brazil!

-So that's...

-So was I.

-Chile is the long, thin one at the edge, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-So that's probably...

-I think that's good logic.

And Argentina, they make beef, beef goes into chilli. So... So that's...

-This is 3-2-1, isn't it? Are we getting Dusty Bin?

-I think...

So, based on the combination of beef chilli, you are thinking Chile?

I think so. Colombia's only little, isn't it?

-Paraguay I don't know much about.

-No.

In the absence of a definite answer...

-Chile?

-Go for it.

-But I think Chile.

-Chile. We're very confident.

-Chile is your answer.

Let's just to check with the Eggheads here.

-It's Chile.

-It's Chile!

-Yes!

-Well done.

-Because you're right, it's a long...

-We tipped you off on that.

-Is it a long, thin strip down the left-hand side?

-Yes.

-Yes!

-OK, well done, guys.

-Game on.

-This is from playing Risk as a kid.

That's my knowledge of geography.

Behind you, the three comedians

just suddenly went into, like, tunnel vision.

They're thinking, "OK, we're on now."

-Excellent.

-I could see that.

Mae just dropped her head as if to say, "This is now happening." OK.

Eggheads, in which 2016 film does Tilda Swinton play the role

of the Ancient One?

Doctor Strange.

-Doctor Strange?

-Doctor Strange, yeah.

We believe that's Doctor Strange.

Doctor Strange is the right answer.

OK, your question.

In which year did Sebastian Coe compete in the Olympics

for the first time?

Yeah. It's 1980.

I think '84 was like when Coe, Ovett, Cram

won loads of things and did really well.

Was '84 when the Russians weren't in it or was that '80?

'80, there were no Americans.

'84, there were no Russians.

'80 was definitely it, because that was the big Coe and Ovett rivalry.

'72 is too early. '88, he had definitely done it by then.

In '80, I think Coe won the 1,500 metres gold,

and Ovett won 800 metres gold,

and they thought it would be the other way around.

-So it's definitely 1980.

-All right, we're on it, OK.

It's 1980, we're very confident.

1980 is correct.

Good stuff!

You know your sport. Eggheads.

The grinning, gap-toothed Alfred E Newman

is the mascot of which comic magazine, first published in 1952?

Mad.

Mad, yeah, cos Private Eye is '61, isn't it? And Oz is later.

Yes, it must be... Well, you know it's Mad, anyway, don't you?

-It's Mad Magazine, yeah.

-Even on the dates, it tallies.

-Yep.

He was the face of Mad Magazine.

It was my favourite magazine when I was growing up.

Mad is the right answer. Well done.

OK, they won't be thrown off that easily,

but get this right and you may not have to do any more work today.

Here's your question. How many prime numbers are there between 20 and 40?

-Prime...

-You've got three options.

Divisible between one and itself, isn't it? So what are the primes?

One... No, three...

-Between 20 and 40.

-Seven...

Oh, gosh, I used to know this. So it would be...

Well, 21 is divisible by seven and three, so that's no good. 22...

All the even numbers are out, I'd say?

23, that would be one of them.

-Yeah.

-And 25 is divisible by fives. 27 is nine and three.

29... Yeah, nothing that makes 29, does it? So that's two.

33 is 11 and three. 35 is fives. 37...

-That's not a multiple of anything, is it?

-Nope.

-So you've got 37.

Are we up to four now? OK, and then 39 is 13 and three. So, four.

Let's do that again. So, yeah... Yeah, it's got to be, hasn't it?

-Yeah, four. Let's go for it.

-Four.

-Four is your answer.

This sort of question is meat and drink to Barry,

so, Barry, I'll call you in.

-What is the answer?

-Four.

-Four is right! Well done.

-Hey-hey!

-Which is not a prime number!

-So, it's...

And you were absolutely perfect, your logic - 23, 29, 31, 37.

So, Eggheads, the comedians are playing for £12,000.

If you get this question wrong, they've won.

You've played very well against the celebrities so far,

but is this the moment you come unstuck?

Is this the moment where the audience

collapses in gales of laughter?

Here we go.

The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat is a book by which scientist?

-Oliver Sacks.

-Oliver Sacks?

-Yes, Oliver Sacks.

That is Oliver Sacks.

Oh, you knew that.

Oliver Sacks is right.

-If only!

-So close.

They didn't work it out like we did, so I don't think that...

They didn't bring in indivisible numbers

to their calculation at all, I noticed that.

So we go to Sudden Death with £12,000 to play for.

This is a great contest. You've played so well. Just keep it up.

Just keep getting them all right. Something will go wrong for them.

It's for charity. Don't feel guilty if you beat us.

They... Honestly, people always try that

and they just look back, gimlet-eyed.

It doesn't... There's no feeling there, there's no mercy.

Here's your question - Sudden Death.

On maps of the London Underground, what colour is the Northern line?

-Black.

-It's got to be black, hasn't it?

-Definitely black.

-Yeah.

-It's black.

-Black is right.

Well done. Eggheads...

Deemsters are the most senior judges appointed

and based in which of the British Isles?

-Isle of Man, isn't it?

-Isle of Man.

-Isle of Man, yeah.

-OK.

That's the name given to judges in the Isle of Man.

Ha! You didn't even hesitate there.

I wonder if you've snatched at it slightly.

-No.

-Isle of Man is...

"No," says Kevin! Thank you, Kevin!

Isle of Man is the correct answer, Eggheads.

-They're hard to beat.

-They're really good, aren't they?

They are really good.

Again, I thought that might cause them trouble.

Sudden Death, we're on. Your question. How are you on cricket?

-HE SIGHS

-That's the one with the bat?

Which bowler took a hat-trick

to secure cricket's County Championship title

for Middlesex in 2016?

-Tiger Woods?

-Mate...

-I've no idea. I don't know any...

-I know Garry Sobers.

-I mean, 2016?

Er...

Freddie Flintoff? He was a cricketer.

-He was a nice guy.

-OK.

Who do we know that's modern that plays cricket?

-Pietersen? Kevin Pietersen?

-I don't think...

I don't know, maybe he is playing county cricket.

I mean, there's Jimmy Anderson.

I mean, who bowls?

-I'm Scottish, I'm not supposed to know about cricket!

-I have no idea.

Give us the question again, in case there's a clue tucked away in it.

Which bowler took a hat-trick

to secure cricket's County Championship title

for Middlesex in 2016?

Is Stuart Broad still playing?

Stuart Broad, Jimmy Anderson...

I'm just throwing out cricketers that I know.

Well, you're ahead of me in that you actually know names.

I was just going to be guessing like Bob Smith,

things like that, so...

-You know, Bobby Cricket.

-Yeah.

I mean, I'm probably not as up-to-date on cricket

as I am on other sports.

So, Jimmy Anderson, is that?

I mean...

We're taking a wild guess.

We are taking a wild, wild guess. Hang on, let's have a think.

Do we know... Are there any others,

any other cricketers out there, bowlers?

-I went to see a cricket game with my friend once.

-OK.

Because he was really into it

and he said, "Come and see a game, and then you'll be converted,"

and we went to Edgbaston to watch it

and it just rained all day so we sat indoors drinking cider.

I'm trying to think if I know any England bowlers.

-Does it have to be somebody who plays for England? I don't know.

-No.

Yeah, I guess not.

-Um...

-There is a brilliant Indian cricketer, isn't there?

Does he play over here? I can't remember his name.

It's not an area that I've got a lot of expertise in.

A rough knowledge,

sometimes you hear the scores and you hear names mentioned.

-You've got much more than me.

-What do you want to do? Pick a name.

Jimmy Anderson? Am I saying that right?

-James Anderson.

-James Anderson.

-I mean...

-Shall we just go for that? Just... Yeah.

-Go for that.

-James Anderson.

-James Anderson. Let's just check with Dave.

-Steven Finn?

-No.

-Wouldn't know that.

The answer is Toby Roland-Jones.

Oh, I was going to say that! Oh, Tobes!

At least it wasn't one that came up in your discussion -

that's the main thing.

He's my favourite of the Roland-Joneses, though.

OK, Eggheads, your question.

You can take the contest with this.

The square piece of dough fried and covered with powdered sugar

known as beignets are most associated with which US city?

Beignets is B-E-I-G-N-E-T-S.

-Well, that's French.

-Oh, B-E-I-G-N-E-T-S?

-Beignets.

-So it's probably New Orleans.

-Probably New Orleans.

-Louisiana. Or is it city?

-We'll have the question in full again, Jeremy.

The square piece of dough fried and covered with powdered sugar

known as beignets are most associated

with which US city, Eggheads?

I assume it's New Orleans.

I mean, it's a French term for a type of doughnut, isn't it?

Well, it's a fritter. A beignet.

OK, New Orleans?

We're not certain,

but it sounds as though it's probably going to be New Orleans.

So we're saying New Orleans.

New Orleans is your educated guess.

If you've got this right, the contest is over.

The correct answer is that beignets are associated with New Orleans.

We say congratulations, Eggheads, you have won.

And you quizzed so well towards the end there. You were ramping it up.

But cricket, I'm the same as you, if it's any consolation.

-I just have a blank there.

-I don't know anything about cricket

cos I'm too busy reading about New Orleans all the time.

-Especially their baking subculture, so...

-Of course, of course.

And, gosh, you ran them close.

-I think we gave them a little bit of a fright.

-You did!

I don't think they were expecting a battle, so...

-We'll take that.

-Some consolation.

-Commiserations.

Thank you, comedians, very much indeed for playing.

All the rounds were good.

And commiserations to the Challengers today

cos the Eggheads have done their thing.

It does mean that the celebs haven't won the £12,000,

so we roll that over to our next celebrity show.

Eggheads, I wonder if you will even be beaten at all.

Just trying to jinx it.

Join us next time to see if a new team of celebrity challengers

have the brains to defeat them and win now £13,000.

Until we quiz again, goodbye.